Sub Committees

These expert committees are tasked with developing policy positions in their respective areas of competence and to recommend these policies for acceptance to the Board.

The fifteen members of the Dairy Expert Committee and the twelve members of the Mart Expert Committee are either directly appointed or elected from an electoral grouping by member co-operatives.  Of the twelve members on the Rural Business Committee, six are directly elected from societies other than dairy and livestock mart societies and three members each are appointed from the Dairy and Livestock Marts Expert Committee respectively.

The following is the composition of each of the expert committees for 2012/2013:

Dairy Industry Sub-Committee Members:

Chairman
Martin	Keane	Glanbia Co-operative Society Ltd

Patrick	McLoughlin	Arrabawn Co-operative Society Ltd
Neil	O’Riordan	Bandon C&D Society Ltd.
Michael John	O’Donovan	Drinagh Co-operative Ltd
Danny	Collins	Boherbue Co-operative Ltd
Jim	Russell	Centenary Thurles Co-operative Society Ltd
Padraig	Gibbons	Connacht Gold Co-operative Society Ltd
Bertie	O’Leary	Dairygold Co-operative Society Ltd
Jerry	Long	Drombane Co-operative Society Ltd
John	O’Brien	Irish Dairy Board
Michael	Teahan	Kerry Co-operative Creameries Ltd
John	Ahern	North Cork Co-operative Creameries Ltd
Matt	Quinlan	Tipperary Co-op Creamery Ltd
Bert	Stewart	Town of Monaghan Co-operative Ltd
Padraig	Young	Lakeland Dairies Ltd

Livestock Marts Sector Sub-Committee Members:

Chairman
Michael	Spellman	Roscommon Co-operative Livestock Mart Ltd

Jimmy	Roche	Castleisland Co-operative Society Ltd
John	O’Brien	Central Auctions Services Co-operative Society Ltd
Ray	Dempsey	Central Auctions Services Co-operative Society Ltd
Liam	Williams	Clare Marts Ltd
James	Gallagher	Connacht Gold Co-operative Society Ltd
Oliver	Manley	Cork Marts
Charlie	Doherty	Inishowen Co-operative Society Ltd
Dermot	McCarthy	Kanturk Co-operative Mart Ltd
Michael	Parsons	Kilkenny Co-operative Livestock Mart Ltd
Francis	Burke	Mid-Tipperary Co-operative Livestock Mart
Gerry	Hoade	Tuam Co-operative Livestock Mart
Liam	O’Byrne	Wexford Farmers Co-operative Society Ltd

Rural Business Expert Sub-Committee Members:

Chairman
Seumas	O’Brien	IFAC Ltd

Jim	Russell	Centenary Thurles Co-operative Society Ltd
Liam	Williams	Clare Marts Ltd
Oliver	Manley	Cork Co-operative Marts Ltd
Paddy	Ward	NFGWS Ltd
Pat	Murphy	IFAC Ltd
Michael John	O’Donovan	Drinagh Co-operative Ltd
James	O’Donnell	NCFRS Ltd
Brendan	O’Mahony	NFGWS Ltd
John	Ahern	North Cork Co-operative Creameries Ltd
Michael	Spellman	Roscommon Mart
Gerard	Reilly	Commercial Mushroom Producers Co-operative Society Ltd